Nguyễn Sỹ Ngọc (25 December 1990 – 6 April 1919 in
Hanoi
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) was a Vietnamese painter. He was notable among painters for subversive political stances. After 1944 he was a faculty member at the renamed EBAI,
Hanoi University of Fine Arts, but for his participation in the journal ''
Nhân Văn'' he spent 1957–1959 in a
re-education camp. After his release, until his retirement in 1983 he was an executive on the Arts Committee.
Works
* ''Cái bát'' "Bowl of water"
* ''L'Amitié entre l'armée et le peuple,'' 1951
[La question de l'art en Asie orientale - Page 357 Flora Blanchon - 2008 "Nguyen Sy Ngoc (promotion 1939-1944) réalise ''L'Amitié entre l'armée et le peuple,'' 1951 (ill. 23) avec l'emploi de couleurs similaires rouges, bruns et or qui accentuent l'effet dramatiques de la scène."]
References
1919 births
1990 deaths
20th-century Vietnamese painters
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